Boy left injured by ‘feral’ racist in Leeds park

A ‘feral’ thug caused horrific injuries to a teenage boy in an unprovoked racially aggravated attack in a Leeds park, a court heard.

Marcus Marrocco was finally brought to justice two years after the assault when his victim recognised his photograph in a Yorkshire Evening Post report about him being jailed for other violent offences.

Nicholas Walshaw.

Leeds Crown Court heard Marrocco had been working as a London-based model but returned to West Yorkshire and led a “feral existence” over a five-month period during 2014.

Marrocco, 21, and his friend, Nicholas Walshaw, 23, targeted three teenage boys as they were walking around the lake at Roundhay Park on July 2 of that year.

Marrocco appeared in court again a month later and was given a further four years for breaking a man’s jaw after threatening him with a handgun. Marrocco and Walshaw were visited by police officers in prison and initially denied the attacks on the teenagers.